“The day is long you know?” Older people’s voices on their homecare experiences in Ireland

marThe population of people aged over 65 years in Ireland is increasing, creating an expanding homecare market with over 60,000 older people in receipt of homecare in 2015. Yet lack of regulation and legislation within the homecare market in Ireland causes unpredictability in service provision, while lack of research further compounds the issue of inconsistency in homecare services. Adopting a qualitative methodology, 14 older people in receipt of homecare and two family members of recipients were interviewed for this study. Two focus groups with older people in the community were also undertaken. Findings suggest that participants were largely satisfied with the homecare they received and value the social contact this provides. Fear and hesitation in relation to retaining the service appeared evident from the data collected. Older people in receipt of homecare place profound value on the relationship they develop with their homecare worker and this relationship largely dictates their level of satisfaction with the service

Evaluation of pilot health and safety materials for use in post-primary schools

Trends across a number of countries including Ireland indicate a high level of part-time employment in post-primary students. Research evidence indicates that such younger workers are at increased risk of non-fatal injury within the workplace, even in sectors traditionally perceived as low risk.1 There is a case for introducing health and safety awareness at secondary school level. The Health and Safety Authority has devised a pilot teaching and learning pack for post-Junior Certificate students. The material was piloted in selected schools and evaluated to assess the impact of the programme upon the students’ knowledge of health and safety information and upon their safety beliefs and behaviour, to assess the perceived usefulness of the structure and appropriateness of the content of the module material and to assess the operational aspects of the programme.peer-reviewe

Alien Registration- Hodgins, Margaret (Brewer, Penobscot County)

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